Poultry feeder



y well as the arrangement of bars and general Patented F eb. y 10, 1925.

UNITED ,STATES VParleur oFFlCE.

t Vinfinti-:livr J. seran, 'or Woncss'rnn, MASSACHUSETTS.

POULTRY FEEDER.

Application led November 29, 1919. Serial No. 341,536. r

To all whom traag/camera.' Y

Be it known that I, EVERETT J. BAIRD, a

`zitizen of the United States,`residing at the city of Worcester, in the` county of Worcester and State of` Massachusetts, have 1nvented new and useful Improvements in Poultry `Feedersxof which the following is a specification.` u

u This inventionrelates to `improvements in l poultry feeders and especially relates to a type wherein a feed pan is adapted to slidably` iitya horizontal -cross section of a protectinglcage into which it slides through a lateralopening. f

One ob'ect of my inventionis to provide t aform` of feeder in connection with which Y a feed pan can be readily'inserted or quickly withdrawn from a protecting cageforming a part of this invention. Another object of my Vinvention is to provide a type of feeder which is not only adapted to handle successfully all liquid or solid foods but is also aldaptedto be easily cleaned and disinfected the same as any `ordinary pan.

With the above and other objects in View my invention consistsin the combination, arrangement and details of construction, disclosed in the 'drawings and specifications and then `more clearly pointed out in the appended claims. f

l In the drawings, which are merely illustrative of my invention, a type of cage is y illustrated that-,is adapted to support a conical hood. However,V thisl construction as Without the feed pan espeeialllyillustratingY the retaining wallfor the feed pan;

cage with the conical hood removed and illustrates the construction of the base or panj supporting portion.

Fig. 4f is a top view of a feed' pan withdrawn from the cage; and

Fig. 3 is a viewloo-ling-down into theV Fig. 5 is a view ofthe side elevation ofthe feed pan, y In the drawings are disclosed the following details of my invention :-10 is a drink or feed pan and F the handle thereof; A, (B, and" C, are three vertically spaced apart horizontal rings made of any suitable material such as metal bands or wire similar r vertical bars made of the same material as 4may slide; the conical hood D is secured to thering C so as to close the upper portion of the cage. It willeasily be seen that the Vcage portion nowhas a lateral opening 12 80 `formed-by cutting oif the bars H at the ring B and also 'has a pocket `13 limited by the 'rings A and B and the lower portion of the barsK and by the bands E. It is to be noted that the pan 10`is of a width and height suiiicient to'slide or pass through the lateral opening 12 into and out of the pocket 13 and is of a diameter suiicient to slidably lit the pocket 13. When the pan 10 is pushed into the pocket 13 through the opening 12 the lower portion of the bars K form a retaining wall for the pan 10 and a side of the pan 10 fills Ain the lateral opening through which it enters the cage and thus completes the cage.

My invention permits any suitable pan to be slipped into and out of va protecting cage.

It is therefore very easy to clean and refill. It is a well-known fact that success in obtaining winter eggs `depends largely in keeping `the birds free from disease, and their food and drink in a clean and sanitary condition. In this feeder thepan can be cleaned and scoured Vlike any `plain ordinary pan, and when refilled it can be simply slid into a protecting cage where it is absolutely protected, yet at all times can be reached by the birds as easily as an ordinary pan.

What I claim is T 1. In combination, a cage consisting of a 1.10 

